1. Clinical Course of Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia in Thiopurine Treated Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.
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Simsek M, Meijer B, Ramsoekh D, Bouma G, van der Wouden EJ, den Hartog B, de Vries AC, Hoentjen F, Dijkstra G, de Boer SY, Jansen JM, van der Meulen AE, Beukers R, Brink MA, Steinhauser T, Oldenburg B, Gilissen LP, Naber TH, Verhagen MA, de Boer NKH, and Mulder CJJ
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Azathioprine administration & dosage, Female, Humans, Hyperplasia chemically induced, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases complications, Male, Mercaptopurine administration & dosage, Middle Aged, Thioguanine administration & dosage, Young Adult, Azathioprine adverse effects, Hyperplasia pathology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases drug therapy, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases pathology, Liver Diseases pathology, Mercaptopurine adverse effects, Thioguanine adverse effects
- Abstract
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) is a poorly understood liver condition, which is increasingly recognized in thiopurine-treated patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
1 It is difficult to establish an optimal approach to NRH patients, because its manifestations are highly variable (from asymptomatic to symptoms of noncirrhotic portal hypertension [NCPH]) and the prognosis is unknown.2 The aim of this study was to identify NRH cases in IBD patients treated with azathioprine, mercaptopurine, and/or thioguanine, and to describe its clinical course., (Copyright © 2019 AGA Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2019
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